{"title":"Burns management in India: The way ahead","authors":"A. Singh","doi":"10.4103/IJB.IJB_2_19","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The problems of data collection in a country like ours are many: a. Multiplicity of treatment providers – Wide array of persons from plastic surgeons, surgeons, dermatologists, alternative medicine practitioners to Quacks are providing treatment to mild and moderate burns b. Absence of a robust health information system (HIS): Underdeveloped and developing countries often do not have the resources to invest in data collection and analysis.","PeriodicalId":13336,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of burns","volume":"26 1","pages":"3 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian journal of burns","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/IJB.IJB_2_19","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The problems of data collection in a country like ours are many: a. Multiplicity of treatment providers – Wide array of persons from plastic surgeons, surgeons, dermatologists, alternative medicine practitioners to Quacks are providing treatment to mild and moderate burns b. Absence of a robust health information system (HIS): Underdeveloped and developing countries often do not have the resources to invest in data collection and analysis.